Prior to the announcement of the iPhone 14 series, several rumors claimed that Apple was working on an alternative to the notch that included a heel-shaped notch and a dedicated hole to accommodate TrueDepth camera devices.
According to Macrumors, when the iPhone 14 Pro models were announced, Apple surprised many of its fans with its innovative integration of software features with a disc-shaped slot at the top of the screen, which it calls Dynamic Island.
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What is the dynamic island and what is it for?
Apple has integrated the Dynamic island feature, in the iPhone 14 Pro models, in an attempt to take advantage of the pixels displayed in the front-end area of the two phones and reduce this area and replace it with a rectangular hole, to what it calls Dynamic Island, in which the front camera and face sensors are placed.
The new feature, Dynamic island, coordinates the top corner of the iPhone 14 Pro phone in the form of a pill that changes size and shape to suit different types of alerts, notifications and interactions and turns it into a kind of front information center, where Apple uses the hole inside the screen to display the media playback controls when listening to audio clips or podcasts.
This in addition to displaying the charging status, discovering the AirPods, displaying the number of minutes of the call made by the user and others, with the possibility for external applications to take advantage of the space or functionality to view information.
Overall, on the iPhone 14 Pro models, Dynamic Island is the kind of great software and hardware integration that Apple is known for, and the ability for third-party developers to leverage its capabilities means it can support the emergence of new ones. , unexpected Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models, while standard iPhone 14 models offer the same notch as iPhone 13 models.
Dynamic Island features include:
First: View outputs and alerts:
Apple Pay Transaction Confirmations.
Show privacy indicators when using the microphone or camera.
Transfer files via AirDrop.
AirPods connection status and battery life.
IPhone charge status and battery life.
Low battery warnings.
Turn silent mode on or off
Face ID unlock
– Unlock Apple Watch
View NFC interactions
AirPlay connections
The focus mode changes
Shortcut Actions
– Airplane mode / No data warning
SIM card alerts
– Connect the accessories
Find my alerts.
Second: Basic activity:
Upcoming driving directions and turn-by-turn maps
Incoming call and call duration
Remaining time to play the song
active timing
Live sports results
SharePlay sessions
screen recording
Voice memo recordings
Personal hotspot connection
Source: Al Bayan newspaper
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